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Emaciated sales leave area real estate agents hungry for business (The Palm Beach Post) - When Jacquie Cofer launched her real estate career in June, she entertained visions of a six-figure income and plenty of time for her two children.

Rush's ex doing all right – in real estate (The Palm Beach Post) - Thanks to her 10 years of marriage with hard-right radio talker Rush Limbaugh, former aerobics teacher and Limbaugh groupie Marta Maranda has become quite the little real estate mogul.

Low Rates Drive Vermont Real Estate Market (WCAX 3) - The Federal Housing Price Index reports that residential real estate in Vermont continues to grow in value faster than the national average. That makes Vermont the only state in New England with a growth rate that strong. Still, the housing market is cooling off.

Sistema's Real-Estate Unit to Sell Shares in London and Moscow (Bloomberg.com) - Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- AFK Sistema, the holding company controlled by Russian billionaire Vladimir Yevtushenkov, will hold an initial public offering of its real-estate unit Sistema- Hals to raise funds for investment and debt repayment.

Housing tenants feel the brunt of living on the edge Inner-city real estate not an option for ACT G (Canberra Times) - PUBLIC housing tenants are being squeezed out to Canberra's fringes because of the rocketing cost of real estate in the inner suburbs. The ACT Government has confirmed to the Canberra Sunday Times that public housing stock is generally not being replaced in the better suburbs.

Real Estate Magazine Launches in Miami (Marketing Y Medios) - A new real estate magazine published in both Spanish and English, House King La Revista and House King Magazine, held its launch party last night in Miami for 700 guests, including Hispanic glitterati and media types.

Investors find real estate funds a solid place to call home (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - NEW YORK -- While some homeowners have been wringing their hands, agonizing over a cooling real estate market, they might be surprised to see that real estate funds are on track to top the market for the seventh straight year.

No boom, no bust: Local real estate market holds steady against national trend (Texarkana Gazette) - Local real estate professionals say Texarkana is not experiencing the slump much of the rest of the country is seeing in the housing market.

INT’L CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE EXHIBITION TO BE HELD IN BAKU (AzerTag) - ITECA Caspian LTD, the exclusive partner of ITE Group Plc- the leading organizer of the international trade exhibitions and conferences in the South Caucasus will open 12th Azerbaijan International Construction Exhibition ‘BakuBuild 2006’ and 1st International Real Estate Exhibition ‘AzRealty-2006’, October 11- 14 in Heydar Aliyev Sport and Exhibition Complex.

A would-be real estate mogul follows boom tips straight to bust (San Francisco Chronicle) - In politics, journalism and other image-conscious businesses, insiders know full well how to "craft a deal" in Congress or "frame a story" for the front page, but an uninitiated public often can't tell where the truth ends and the spin begins. Real estate,...